Here’s the first video of “GuantánamoDiary” author Mohamedou Slahi, released from Gitmo this month after 14 years without charge or trial.
Recently released “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi gives a heartfelt thanks to his supporters in this moving new video, filmed where he belongs: at home with his family.
After 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged given a trial, newly freed “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi has forgiveness and gratitude in his heart.
More information here:
https://www.aclu.org/cases/slahi-v-obama-habeas-challenge-guantanamo-detention

2017-04-8 16:00:00
The incredible and terrifying story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, arrested in 2001 in his home country Mauritania and from there taken to the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. A nightmare of denied rights and arbitrary detention recounted in his book Guantanamo Diary (published in 2015, edited by Larry Siems), the first inside account of life in the prison. Now finally you can listen to live testimony from Mohamedou, who was released in October 2016 after 15 years of detention. Fifteen years without charge, in the name of security and of the fight against terrorism.
Con: Barbara Serra (Al Jazeera English), Larry Siems (writer and human rights activist), Mohamedou Ould Slahi (ex detainee Guantanamo (via Skype)), Mohamedou Ould Slahi

published:09 Apr 2017

views:895

***On October 17, 2016, Mohamedou was finally sent home after spending 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged.***
Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a Mauritanian national who has been illegally detained by the U.S. for more than eleven years. Mr. Slahi was arrested in Mauritania in November 2001 on suspicion of ties to al-Qaeda. He was then illegally rendered by the U.S. government to Jordan, where he was detained, interrogated and abused for eight months. He was subsequently rendered to U.S. custody in Bagram, Afghanistan and finally to Guantánamo, where he has been held since August 2002.
Mohamedou’s newly released memoir, "Guantánamo Diary," has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for two weeks. The first book written by a still imprisoned detainee, it details the savage beatings, sleep deprivation, death threats, and sexual humiliation he endured.
Link to original Guardian readings:
https://soundcloud.com/guardian-visuals
Link to Guardian animated video:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/jan/16/guantanamo-diary-trailer-video
Links to articles and interviews in the video:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/books/review/guantanamo-diary-by-mohamedou-ould-slahi.html
https://soundcloud.com/bbc-world-service/the-diary-of-a-guantanamo-inmate-published?ocid=socialflow_twitter
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/01/20/378525648/heavily-redacted-detainees-guantanamo-diary-goes-on-sale
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/1/22/inside_the_us_torture_chambers_prisoners
http://kdvr.com/2015/01/29/gitmo-prisoners-book-hits-new-york-times-bestseller-list-but-he-may-never-know/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/guantanamo-detainees-diary-describes-interrogation-made-break/
http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/archive/segment/54c00ceefe34445e790001d5
Music by Leon Michener, "This Time for Love"

published:12 Feb 2015

views:6148

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Based on that history, the government concluded that Mr. Slahi was a “senior recruiter” for Al Qaeda and for a time, listed him as the most dangerous terrorist at Guantánamo. But it has never formally charged him. Mr. Slahi says he left Al Qaeda in 1992, long before it began to target America. His encounter with Mr. Bin al-Shibh lasted one evening and involved no discussion of anti-American plotting, he claims. And Mr. Ressam had left Montreal before Mr. Slahi arrived, and by his account, they never met. - NY Times

published:13 Feb 2015

views:641

Lincredibile e terrificante storia di Mohamedou Ould Slahi, arrestato nel proprio paese – la Mauritania – e da lì condotto nel campo di detenzione di Guantanamo. Un incubo di diritti.
Heres the first video of “GuantánamoDiary” author Mohamedou Slahi, released from Gitmo this month after 14 years without charge or trial. Recently released “Guantánamo Diary”.
On 17, 2017, Mohamedou was finally sent home after spending 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged.*** Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a Mauritanian national who has been illegally.

published:22 Jan 2018

views:15

published:01 Nov 2017

views:46657

http://www.democracynow.org - On Sept. 11, 2001, MarineLt. Col.Stuart Couch's friend died co-piloting the second plane to hit the World Trade Center. Soon after, Couch became one of the first military prosecutors assigned to the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay to prosecute men alleged to have carried out the terrorist plot. He ultimately would refuse to prosecute one detainee: Mohamedou Ould Slahi. "It became clear that what had been done to Slahi amounted to torture," Couch says. "Specifically, he had been subjected to a mock execution. He had sensory deprivation. He had environmental manipulation, that is, cell's too cold or the cell is too hot ... He was presented with a ruse that the United States had taken custody of his mother and his brother and that they were being brought to Guantánamo." Couch says he concluded Slahi's treatment amounted to illegal torture. "I came to the conclusion we had knowingly set him up for mental suffering in order for him to provide information," Couch said. "We might very well have a significant problem with the body of evidence that we were able to present as to his guilt."
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Slahi traveled to Afghanistan in December 1990 "to support the mujahideen." At that time, the mujahideen in Afghanistan were attempting to topple the communist government of Mohammad Najibullah. The United States also opposed Najibullah and supported the mujahideen against him. Slahi trained in an al Qaeda camp and swore bayat to al Qaeda in March 1991. He returned to Germany soon after but then traveled back to Afghanistan for three months in early 1992. Slahi states that he "severed all ties with ... al-Qaeda" after he left Afghanistan at that time. The U.S. government maintains that Slahi "recruited for al-Qaeda and provided it with other support" since then.

Guantánamo Bay

Guantánamo Bay (Spanish:Bahía de Guantánamo) is a bay located in Guantánamo Province at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the largest harbor on the south side of the island and it is surrounded by steep hills which create an enclave that is cut off from its immediate hinterland.

The United States assumed territorial control over the southern portion of Guantánamo Bay under the 1903 Cuban–American Treaty. The United States exercises complete jurisdiction and control over this territory, while recognizing that Cuba retains ultimate sovereignty. The current government of Cuba regards the U.S. presence in Guantánamo Bay as illegal and insists the Cuban–American Treaty was obtained by threat of force and is in violation of international law. Some legal scholars judge that the lease may be voidable. It is the home of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, which is governed by the United States.

Climate

U.S. control of Guantánamo Bay

The United States first seized Guantánamo Bay and established a naval base there in 1898 during the Spanish–American War in the Battle of Guantánamo Bay In 1903, the United States and Cuba signed a lease granting the United States permission to use the land as a coaling and naval station. The lease satisfied the Platt Amendment; this amendment stated a naval base at "certain specific points agreed upon by the President of the United States" was needed to "enable the United States to maintain independence of Cuba." The United States and Cuba signed a treaty in 1934, granting the United States a perpetual lease. Private enterprise is not allowed under the treaty.

Diary

A diary (sometimes referred to as journal or notebook) is a record (originally in handwritten format) with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. A personal diary may include a person's experiences, and/or thoughts or feelings, including comment on current events outside the writer's direct experience. Someone who keeps a diary is known as a diarist. Diaries undertaken for institutional purposes play a role in many aspects of human civilization, including government records (e.g., Hansard), business ledgers and military records. In British English, the word may also denote a preprinted journal format.

Today the term is generally employed for personal diaries, normally intended to remain private or to have a limited circulation amongst friends or relatives. The word "journal" may be sometimes used for "diary," but generally a diary has (or intends to have) daily entries, whereas journal-writing can be less frequent.

Although a diary may provide information for a memoir, autobiography or biography, it is generally written not with the intention of being published as it stands, but for the author's own use. In recent years, however, there is internal evidence in some diaries (e.g., those of Ned Rorem, Alan Clark, Tony Benn or Simon Gray) that they are written with eventual publication in mind, with the intention of self-vindication (pre- or posthumous) or simply for profit.

First Video of Author Mohamedou Slahi After Release from Gitmo

Here’s the first video of “GuantánamoDiary” author Mohamedou Slahi, released from Gitmo this month after 14 years without charge or trial.
Recently released “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi gives a heartfelt thanks to his supporters in this moving new video, filmed where he belongs: at home with his family.
After 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged given a trial, newly freed “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi has forgiveness and gratitude in his heart.
More information here:
https://www.aclu.org/cases/slahi-v-obama-habeas-challenge-guantanamo-detention

15 years without charge: Mohamedou Slahi on the hell of Guantanamo Bay

15 years without charge: Mohamedou Slahi on the hell of Guantanamo Bay

15 years without charge: Mohamedou Slahi on the hell of Guantanamo Bay

2017-04-8 16:00:00
The incredible and terrifying story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, arrested in 2001 in his home country Mauritania and from there taken to the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. A nightmare of denied rights and arbitrary detention recounted in his book Guantanamo Diary (published in 2015, edited by Larry Siems), the first inside account of life in the prison. Now finally you can listen to live testimony from Mohamedou, who was released in October 2016 after 15 years of detention. Fifteen years without charge, in the name of security and of the fight against terrorism.
Con: Barbara Serra (Al Jazeera English), Larry Siems (writer and human rights activist), Mohamedou Ould Slahi (ex detainee Guantanamo (via Skype)), Mohamedou Ould Slahi

2:13

The best-selling author at Guantánamo

The best-selling author at Guantánamo

The best-selling author at Guantánamo

***On October 17, 2016, Mohamedou was finally sent home after spending 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged.***
Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a Mauritanian national who has been illegally detained by the U.S. for more than eleven years. Mr. Slahi was arrested in Mauritania in November 2001 on suspicion of ties to al-Qaeda. He was then illegally rendered by the U.S. government to Jordan, where he was detained, interrogated and abused for eight months. He was subsequently rendered to U.S. custody in Bagram, Afghanistan and finally to Guantánamo, where he has been held since August 2002.
Mohamedou’s newly released memoir, "Guantánamo Diary," has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for two weeks. The first book written by a still imprisoned detainee, it details the savage beatings, sleep deprivation, death threats, and sexual humiliation he endured.
Link to original Guardian readings:
https://soundcloud.com/guardian-visuals
Link to Guardian animated video:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/jan/16/guantanamo-diary-trailer-video
Links to articles and interviews in the video:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/books/review/guantanamo-diary-by-mohamedou-ould-slahi.html
https://soundcloud.com/bbc-world-service/the-diary-of-a-guantanamo-inmate-published?ocid=socialflow_twitter
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/01/20/378525648/heavily-redacted-detainees-guantanamo-diary-goes-on-sale
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/1/22/inside_the_us_torture_chambers_prisoners
http://kdvr.com/2015/01/29/gitmo-prisoners-book-hits-new-york-times-bestseller-list-but-he-may-never-know/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/guantanamo-detainees-diary-describes-interrogation-made-break/
http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/archive/segment/54c00ceefe34445e790001d5
Music by Leon Michener, "This Time for Love"

21:22

GUANTANAMO DIARY Detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi

GUANTANAMO DIARY Detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi

GUANTANAMO DIARY Detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi

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Based on that history, the government concluded that Mr. Slahi was a “senior recruiter” for Al Qaeda and for a time, listed him as the most dangerous terrorist at Guantánamo. But it has never formally charged him. Mr. Slahi says he left Al Qaeda in 1992, long before it began to target America. His encounter with Mr. Bin al-Shibh lasted one evening and involved no discussion of anti-American plotting, he claims. And Mr. Ressam had left Montreal before Mr. Slahi arrived, and by his account, they never met. - NY Times

53:25

15 anni senza accuse: Mohamedou Slahi racconta linferno di Guantanamo

15 anni senza accuse: Mohamedou Slahi racconta linferno di Guantanamo

15 anni senza accuse: Mohamedou Slahi racconta linferno di Guantanamo

Lincredibile e terrificante storia di Mohamedou Ould Slahi, arrestato nel proprio paese – la Mauritania – e da lì condotto nel campo di detenzione di Guantanamo. Un incubo di diritti.
Heres the first video of “GuantánamoDiary” author Mohamedou Slahi, released from Gitmo this month after 14 years without charge or trial. Recently released “Guantánamo Diary”.
On 17, 2017, Mohamedou was finally sent home after spending 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged.*** Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a Mauritanian national who has been illegally.

http://www.democracynow.org - On Sept. 11, 2001, MarineLt. Col.Stuart Couch's friend died co-piloting the second plane to hit the World Trade Center. Soon after, Couch became one of the first military prosecutors assigned to the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay to prosecute men alleged to have carried out the terrorist plot. He ultimately would refuse to prosecute one detainee: Mohamedou Ould Slahi. "It became clear that what had been done to Slahi amounted to torture," Couch says. "Specifically, he had been subjected to a mock execution. He had sensory deprivation. He had environmental manipulation, that is, cell's too cold or the cell is too hot ... He was presented with a ruse that the United States had taken custody of his mother and his brother and that they were being brought to Guantánamo." Couch says he concluded Slahi's treatment amounted to illegal torture. "I came to the conclusion we had knowingly set him up for mental suffering in order for him to provide information," Couch said. "We might very well have a significant problem with the body of evidence that we were able to present as to his guilt."
To watch the entire weekday independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, search our vast archive, or to find more information about Democracy Now! and Amy Goodman, visit http://www.democracynow.org.
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Mohamedou Ould Slahi Guantanamo Diary Audiobook Part 2

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0:59

Tortured Guantánamo Detainee Makes A Case For Release

Tortured Guantánamo Detainee Makes A Case For Release

Tortured Guantánamo Detainee Makes A Case For Release

On Thursday, one of the most severely tortured men in the history of Guantánamo Bay presented his case for freedom.
Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been held at Guantánamo without charge since August 2002. During that time, he's endured beatings, death threats, sexual humiliation and rape threats against his mother by US personnel at the wartime prison.
Yet Slahi contends that he seeks only to reunite with his children, start a small business and write books in his post-Guantánamo life. He says he would even welcome his old guards over for a cup of tea.
Slahi appeared clean shaven and bald in a white jumpsuit for the 17-minute public hearing that served as the Guantánamo equivalent of a parole board. The simple fact that the military is holding a PRB for Slahi has raised expectations that he will go free.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/02/guantanamo-bay-hearing-mohamedou-slahi-diary
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30:00

Mohamedou Ould Slahi Event 20th April 2016

Mohamedou Ould Slahi Event 20th April 2016

Mohamedou Ould Slahi Event 20th April 2016

This event took place on 20th April 2016 and was brilliantly organised by SuzieGilbert at the offices of Thoughtworks in Wardour St, Soho. It occured the day after MPs and Peers were briefed on the current situation of Guantanamo detainee - Mohamedou Ould Slahi. On the panel, his brother Yahdih Ould Slahi, Nancy Hollander, Mohamedou's lawyer, and Jo Glanville of English PEN. When you have viewed this video, please do sign his brothers' petition via this link https://www.change.org/p/secretary-of-defense-ash-carter-release-my-brother-from-guantanamo

11:34

Guantanamo Diary: Detainee Becomes Best-Selling Author

Guantanamo Diary: Detainee Becomes Best-Selling Author

Guantanamo Diary: Detainee Becomes Best-Selling Author

"I cannot believe that the majority of Americans want to finance the detention of innocent people," says Hina Shamsi, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union. She speaks on behalf of her client, Mohamedou Slahi, a current detainee at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay and the New York Times best-selling author of the recently released, Guantanamo Diary.
Guantanamo Diary is the first account written and published by a still-imprisoned Guantanamo inmate. Slahi finished writing the book in 2005, but it took six years and a team of lawyers to obtain approval for publication. To secure the U.S. government's permission to publish the book, more than 2,500 redactions were added to the manuscript, which remain blacked out throughout the book's text.
The 400-page book details Slahi's harrowing experience since being captured by the U.S. government in 2002 on suspicion of aiding Al Qaeda. His story includes extraordinary rendition, physical and mental abuse, and the nightmarish legal limbo he remains in—Slahi is still incarcerated even though a federal judge ordered his release in 2010. The book debuted at no. 14 on the New York Times bestseller list.
Shamsi sat down with Reason TV's Anthony L. Fisher to discuss the book, her client, and the moral and legal pitfalls of "enhanced interrogation techniques" and indefinite detention.
About 11 minutes.
Produced by Amanda Winkler and Anthony L. Fisher. Camera by Jim Epstein and Dan Rogenstein.
Subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel to receive automatic notifications when new videos go live. And go to http://reason.com/reasontv/2015/03/18/guantanamo-detainee-becomes-best-selling for downloadable versions of this video, full text, and links to related resources.

First Video of Author Mohamedou Slahi After Release from Gitmo

Here’s the first video of “GuantánamoDiary” author Mohamedou Slahi, released from Gitmo this month after 14 years without charge or trial.
Recently released “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi gives a heartfelt thanks to his supporters in this moving new video, filmed where he belongs: at home with his family.
After 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged given a trial, newly freed “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi has forgiveness and gratitude in his heart.
More information here:
https://www.aclu.org/cases/slahi-v-obama-habeas-challenge-guantanamo-detention

15 years without charge: Mohamedou Slahi on the hell of Guantanamo Bay

2017-04-8 16:00:00
The incredible and terrifying story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, arrested in 2001 in his home country Mauritania and from there taken to the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. A nightmare of denied rights and arbitrary detention recounted in his book Guantanamo Diary (published in 2015, edited by Larry Siems), the first inside account of life in the prison. Now finally you can listen to live testimony from Mohamedou, who was released in October 2016 after 15 years of detention. Fifteen years without charge, in the name of security and of the fight against terrorism.
Con: Barbara Serra (Al Jazeera English), Larry Siems (writer and human rights activist), Mohamedou Ould Slahi (ex detainee Guantanamo (via Skype)), Mohamedou Ould Slahi

published: 09 Apr 2017

The best-selling author at Guantánamo

***On October 17, 2016, Mohamedou was finally sent home after spending 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged.***
Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a Mauritanian national who has been illegally detained by the U.S. for more than eleven years. Mr. Slahi was arrested in Mauritania in November 2001 on suspicion of ties to al-Qaeda. He was then illegally rendered by the U.S. government to Jordan, where he was detained, interrogated and abused for eight months. He was subsequently rendered to U.S. custody in Bagram, Afghanistan and finally to Guantánamo, where he has been held since August 2002.
Mohamedou’s newly released memoir, "Guantánamo Diary," has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for two weeks. The first book written by a still imprisoned detainee, it details the savage beatings...

published: 12 Feb 2015

GUANTANAMO DIARY Detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi

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Based on that history, the government concluded that Mr. Slahi was a “senior recruiter” for Al Qaeda and for a time, listed him as the most dangerous terrorist at Guantánamo. But it has never formally charged him. Mr. Slahi says he left Al Qaeda in 1992, long before it began to target America. His encounter with Mr. Bin al-Shibh lasted one evening and involved no discussion of anti-American plotting, he claims. And Mr. Ressam had left Montreal before Mr. Slahi arrived, and by his account, they never met. - NY Times

published: 13 Feb 2015

15 anni senza accuse: Mohamedou Slahi racconta linferno di Guantanamo

Lincredibile e terrificante storia di Mohamedou Ould Slahi, arrestato nel proprio paese – la Mauritania – e da lì condotto nel campo di detenzione di Guantanamo. Un incubo di diritti.
Heres the first video of “GuantánamoDiary” author Mohamedou Slahi, released from Gitmo this month after 14 years without charge or trial. Recently released “Guantánamo Diary”.
On 17, 2017, Mohamedou was finally sent home after spending 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged.*** Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a Mauritanian national who has been illegally.

http://www.democracynow.org - On Sept. 11, 2001, MarineLt. Col.Stuart Couch's friend died co-piloting the second plane to hit the World Trade Center. Soon after, Couch became one of the first military prosecutors assigned to the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay to prosecute men alleged to have carried out the terrorist plot. He ultimately would refuse to prosecute one detainee: Mohamedou Ould Slahi. "It became clear that what had been done to Slahi amounted to torture," Couch says. "Specifically, he had been subjected to a mock execution. He had sensory deprivation. He had environmental manipulation, that is, cell's too cold or the cell is too hot ... He was presented with a ruse that the United States had taken custody of his mother and his brother and that they were being brought t...

Mohamedou Ould Slahi Guantanamo Diary Audiobook Part 2

published: 29 Sep 2016

Cheb Djalil( Tipo) - Nedrob L'khotot N3ref slahi

published: 20 Apr 2017

Tortured Guantánamo Detainee Makes A Case For Release

On Thursday, one of the most severely tortured men in the history of Guantánamo Bay presented his case for freedom.
Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been held at Guantánamo without charge since August 2002. During that time, he's endured beatings, death threats, sexual humiliation and rape threats against his mother by US personnel at the wartime prison.
Yet Slahi contends that he seeks only to reunite with his children, start a small business and write books in his post-Guantánamo life. He says he would even welcome his old guards over for a cup of tea.
Slahi appeared clean shaven and bald in a white jumpsuit for the 17-minute public hearing that served as the Guantánamo equivalent of a parole board. The simple fact that the military is holding a PRB for Slahi has raised expectations that he will...

published: 02 Jun 2016

Mohamedou Ould Slahi Event 20th April 2016

This event took place on 20th April 2016 and was brilliantly organised by SuzieGilbert at the offices of Thoughtworks in Wardour St, Soho. It occured the day after MPs and Peers were briefed on the current situation of Guantanamo detainee - Mohamedou Ould Slahi. On the panel, his brother Yahdih Ould Slahi, Nancy Hollander, Mohamedou's lawyer, and Jo Glanville of English PEN. When you have viewed this video, please do sign his brothers' petition via this link https://www.change.org/p/secretary-of-defense-ash-carter-release-my-brother-from-guantanamo

published: 22 Apr 2016

Guantanamo Diary: Detainee Becomes Best-Selling Author

"I cannot believe that the majority of Americans want to finance the detention of innocent people," says Hina Shamsi, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union. She speaks on behalf of her client, Mohamedou Slahi, a current detainee at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay and the New York Times best-selling author of the recently released, Guantanamo Diary.
Guantanamo Diary is the first account written and published by a still-imprisoned Guantanamo inmate. Slahi finished writing the book in 2005, but it took six years and a team of lawyers to obtain approval for publication. To secure the U.S. government's permission to publish the book, more than 2,500 redactions were added to the manuscript, which remain blacked out throughout the book's text.
The 400-page book details Sla...

Here’s the first video of “GuantánamoDiary” author Mohamedou Slahi, released from Gitmo this month after 14 years without charge or trial.
Recently released “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi gives a heartfelt thanks to his supporters in this moving new video, filmed where he belongs: at home with his family.
After 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged given a trial, newly freed “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi has forgiveness and gratitude in his heart.
More information here:
https://www.aclu.org/cases/slahi-v-obama-habeas-challenge-guantanamo-detention

Here’s the first video of “GuantánamoDiary” author Mohamedou Slahi, released from Gitmo this month after 14 years without charge or trial.
Recently released “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi gives a heartfelt thanks to his supporters in this moving new video, filmed where he belongs: at home with his family.
After 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged given a trial, newly freed “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi has forgiveness and gratitude in his heart.
More information here:
https://www.aclu.org/cases/slahi-v-obama-habeas-challenge-guantanamo-detention

2017-04-8 16:00:00
The incredible and terrifying story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, arrested in 2001 in his home country Mauritania and from there taken to the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. A nightmare of denied rights and arbitrary detention recounted in his book Guantanamo Diary (published in 2015, edited by Larry Siems), the first inside account of life in the prison. Now finally you can listen to live testimony from Mohamedou, who was released in October 2016 after 15 years of detention. Fifteen years without charge, in the name of security and of the fight against terrorism.
Con: Barbara Serra (Al Jazeera English), Larry Siems (writer and human rights activist), Mohamedou Ould Slahi (ex detainee Guantanamo (via Skype)), Mohamedou Ould Slahi

2017-04-8 16:00:00
The incredible and terrifying story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, arrested in 2001 in his home country Mauritania and from there taken to the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. A nightmare of denied rights and arbitrary detention recounted in his book Guantanamo Diary (published in 2015, edited by Larry Siems), the first inside account of life in the prison. Now finally you can listen to live testimony from Mohamedou, who was released in October 2016 after 15 years of detention. Fifteen years without charge, in the name of security and of the fight against terrorism.
Con: Barbara Serra (Al Jazeera English), Larry Siems (writer and human rights activist), Mohamedou Ould Slahi (ex detainee Guantanamo (via Skype)), Mohamedou Ould Slahi

***On October 17, 2016, Mohamedou was finally sent home after spending 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged.***
Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a Mauritanian national who has been illegally detained by the U.S. for more than eleven years. Mr. Slahi was arrested in Mauritania in November 2001 on suspicion of ties to al-Qaeda. He was then illegally rendered by the U.S. government to Jordan, where he was detained, interrogated and abused for eight months. He was subsequently rendered to U.S. custody in Bagram, Afghanistan and finally to Guantánamo, where he has been held since August 2002.
Mohamedou’s newly released memoir, "Guantánamo Diary," has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for two weeks. The first book written by a still imprisoned detainee, it details the savage beatings, sleep deprivation, death threats, and sexual humiliation he endured.
Link to original Guardian readings:
https://soundcloud.com/guardian-visuals
Link to Guardian animated video:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/jan/16/guantanamo-diary-trailer-video
Links to articles and interviews in the video:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/books/review/guantanamo-diary-by-mohamedou-ould-slahi.html
https://soundcloud.com/bbc-world-service/the-diary-of-a-guantanamo-inmate-published?ocid=socialflow_twitter
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/01/20/378525648/heavily-redacted-detainees-guantanamo-diary-goes-on-sale
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/1/22/inside_the_us_torture_chambers_prisoners
http://kdvr.com/2015/01/29/gitmo-prisoners-book-hits-new-york-times-bestseller-list-but-he-may-never-know/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/guantanamo-detainees-diary-describes-interrogation-made-break/
http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/archive/segment/54c00ceefe34445e790001d5
Music by Leon Michener, "This Time for Love"

***On October 17, 2016, Mohamedou was finally sent home after spending 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged.***
Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a Mauritanian national who has been illegally detained by the U.S. for more than eleven years. Mr. Slahi was arrested in Mauritania in November 2001 on suspicion of ties to al-Qaeda. He was then illegally rendered by the U.S. government to Jordan, where he was detained, interrogated and abused for eight months. He was subsequently rendered to U.S. custody in Bagram, Afghanistan and finally to Guantánamo, where he has been held since August 2002.
Mohamedou’s newly released memoir, "Guantánamo Diary," has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for two weeks. The first book written by a still imprisoned detainee, it details the savage beatings, sleep deprivation, death threats, and sexual humiliation he endured.
Link to original Guardian readings:
https://soundcloud.com/guardian-visuals
Link to Guardian animated video:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/jan/16/guantanamo-diary-trailer-video
Links to articles and interviews in the video:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/books/review/guantanamo-diary-by-mohamedou-ould-slahi.html
https://soundcloud.com/bbc-world-service/the-diary-of-a-guantanamo-inmate-published?ocid=socialflow_twitter
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/01/20/378525648/heavily-redacted-detainees-guantanamo-diary-goes-on-sale
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/1/22/inside_the_us_torture_chambers_prisoners
http://kdvr.com/2015/01/29/gitmo-prisoners-book-hits-new-york-times-bestseller-list-but-he-may-never-know/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/guantanamo-detainees-diary-describes-interrogation-made-break/
http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/archive/segment/54c00ceefe34445e790001d5
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Based on that history, the government concluded that Mr. Slahi was a “senior recruiter” for Al Qaeda and for a time, listed him as the most dangerous terrorist at Guantánamo. But it has never formally charged him. Mr. Slahi says he left Al Qaeda in 1992, long before it began to target America. His encounter with Mr. Bin al-Shibh lasted one evening and involved no discussion of anti-American plotting, he claims. And Mr. Ressam had left Montreal before Mr. Slahi arrived, and by his account, they never met. - NY Times

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Based on that history, the government concluded that Mr. Slahi was a “senior recruiter” for Al Qaeda and for a time, listed him as the most dangerous terrorist at Guantánamo. But it has never formally charged him. Mr. Slahi says he left Al Qaeda in 1992, long before it began to target America. His encounter with Mr. Bin al-Shibh lasted one evening and involved no discussion of anti-American plotting, he claims. And Mr. Ressam had left Montreal before Mr. Slahi arrived, and by his account, they never met. - NY Times

http://www.democracynow.org - On Sept. 11, 2001, MarineLt. Col.Stuart Couch's friend died co-piloting the second plane to hit the World Trade Center. Soon after, Couch became one of the first military prosecutors assigned to the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay to prosecute men alleged to have carried out the terrorist plot. He ultimately would refuse to prosecute one detainee: Mohamedou Ould Slahi. "It became clear that what had been done to Slahi amounted to torture," Couch says. "Specifically, he had been subjected to a mock execution. He had sensory deprivation. He had environmental manipulation, that is, cell's too cold or the cell is too hot ... He was presented with a ruse that the United States had taken custody of his mother and his brother and that they were being brought to Guantánamo." Couch says he concluded Slahi's treatment amounted to illegal torture. "I came to the conclusion we had knowingly set him up for mental suffering in order for him to provide information," Couch said. "We might very well have a significant problem with the body of evidence that we were able to present as to his guilt."
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http://www.democracynow.org - On Sept. 11, 2001, MarineLt. Col.Stuart Couch's friend died co-piloting the second plane to hit the World Trade Center. Soon after, Couch became one of the first military prosecutors assigned to the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay to prosecute men alleged to have carried out the terrorist plot. He ultimately would refuse to prosecute one detainee: Mohamedou Ould Slahi. "It became clear that what had been done to Slahi amounted to torture," Couch says. "Specifically, he had been subjected to a mock execution. He had sensory deprivation. He had environmental manipulation, that is, cell's too cold or the cell is too hot ... He was presented with a ruse that the United States had taken custody of his mother and his brother and that they were being brought to Guantánamo." Couch says he concluded Slahi's treatment amounted to illegal torture. "I came to the conclusion we had knowingly set him up for mental suffering in order for him to provide information," Couch said. "We might very well have a significant problem with the body of evidence that we were able to present as to his guilt."
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On Thursday, one of the most severely tortured men in the history of Guantánamo Bay presented his case for freedom.
Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been held at Guantánamo without charge since August 2002. During that time, he's endured beatings, death threats, sexual humiliation and rape threats against his mother by US personnel at the wartime prison.
Yet Slahi contends that he seeks only to reunite with his children, start a small business and write books in his post-Guantánamo life. He says he would even welcome his old guards over for a cup of tea.
Slahi appeared clean shaven and bald in a white jumpsuit for the 17-minute public hearing that served as the Guantánamo equivalent of a parole board. The simple fact that the military is holding a PRB for Slahi has raised expectations that he will go free.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/02/guantanamo-bay-hearing-mohamedou-slahi-diary
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On Thursday, one of the most severely tortured men in the history of Guantánamo Bay presented his case for freedom.
Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been held at Guantánamo without charge since August 2002. During that time, he's endured beatings, death threats, sexual humiliation and rape threats against his mother by US personnel at the wartime prison.
Yet Slahi contends that he seeks only to reunite with his children, start a small business and write books in his post-Guantánamo life. He says he would even welcome his old guards over for a cup of tea.
Slahi appeared clean shaven and bald in a white jumpsuit for the 17-minute public hearing that served as the Guantánamo equivalent of a parole board. The simple fact that the military is holding a PRB for Slahi has raised expectations that he will go free.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/02/guantanamo-bay-hearing-mohamedou-slahi-diary
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Mohamedou Ould Slahi Event 20th April 2016

This event took place on 20th April 2016 and was brilliantly organised by SuzieGilbert at the offices of Thoughtworks in Wardour St, Soho. It occured the day a...

This event took place on 20th April 2016 and was brilliantly organised by SuzieGilbert at the offices of Thoughtworks in Wardour St, Soho. It occured the day after MPs and Peers were briefed on the current situation of Guantanamo detainee - Mohamedou Ould Slahi. On the panel, his brother Yahdih Ould Slahi, Nancy Hollander, Mohamedou's lawyer, and Jo Glanville of English PEN. When you have viewed this video, please do sign his brothers' petition via this link https://www.change.org/p/secretary-of-defense-ash-carter-release-my-brother-from-guantanamo

This event took place on 20th April 2016 and was brilliantly organised by SuzieGilbert at the offices of Thoughtworks in Wardour St, Soho. It occured the day after MPs and Peers were briefed on the current situation of Guantanamo detainee - Mohamedou Ould Slahi. On the panel, his brother Yahdih Ould Slahi, Nancy Hollander, Mohamedou's lawyer, and Jo Glanville of English PEN. When you have viewed this video, please do sign his brothers' petition via this link https://www.change.org/p/secretary-of-defense-ash-carter-release-my-brother-from-guantanamo

"I cannot believe that the majority of Americans want to finance the detention of innocent people," says Hina Shamsi, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union. She speaks on behalf of her client, Mohamedou Slahi, a current detainee at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay and the New York Times best-selling author of the recently released, Guantanamo Diary.
Guantanamo Diary is the first account written and published by a still-imprisoned Guantanamo inmate. Slahi finished writing the book in 2005, but it took six years and a team of lawyers to obtain approval for publication. To secure the U.S. government's permission to publish the book, more than 2,500 redactions were added to the manuscript, which remain blacked out throughout the book's text.
The 400-page book details Slahi's harrowing experience since being captured by the U.S. government in 2002 on suspicion of aiding Al Qaeda. His story includes extraordinary rendition, physical and mental abuse, and the nightmarish legal limbo he remains in—Slahi is still incarcerated even though a federal judge ordered his release in 2010. The book debuted at no. 14 on the New York Times bestseller list.
Shamsi sat down with Reason TV's Anthony L. Fisher to discuss the book, her client, and the moral and legal pitfalls of "enhanced interrogation techniques" and indefinite detention.
About 11 minutes.
Produced by Amanda Winkler and Anthony L. Fisher. Camera by Jim Epstein and Dan Rogenstein.
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"I cannot believe that the majority of Americans want to finance the detention of innocent people," says Hina Shamsi, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union. She speaks on behalf of her client, Mohamedou Slahi, a current detainee at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay and the New York Times best-selling author of the recently released, Guantanamo Diary.
Guantanamo Diary is the first account written and published by a still-imprisoned Guantanamo inmate. Slahi finished writing the book in 2005, but it took six years and a team of lawyers to obtain approval for publication. To secure the U.S. government's permission to publish the book, more than 2,500 redactions were added to the manuscript, which remain blacked out throughout the book's text.
The 400-page book details Slahi's harrowing experience since being captured by the U.S. government in 2002 on suspicion of aiding Al Qaeda. His story includes extraordinary rendition, physical and mental abuse, and the nightmarish legal limbo he remains in—Slahi is still incarcerated even though a federal judge ordered his release in 2010. The book debuted at no. 14 on the New York Times bestseller list.
Shamsi sat down with Reason TV's Anthony L. Fisher to discuss the book, her client, and the moral and legal pitfalls of "enhanced interrogation techniques" and indefinite detention.
About 11 minutes.
Produced by Amanda Winkler and Anthony L. Fisher. Camera by Jim Epstein and Dan Rogenstein.
Subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel to receive automatic notifications when new videos go live. And go to http://reason.com/reasontv/2015/03/18/guantanamo-detainee-becomes-best-selling for downloadable versions of this video, full text, and links to related resources.

First Video of Author Mohamedou Slahi After Release from Gitmo

Here’s the first video of “GuantánamoDiary” author Mohamedou Slahi, released from Gitmo this month after 14 years without charge or trial.
Recently released “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi gives a heartfelt thanks to his supporters in this moving new video, filmed where he belongs: at home with his family.
After 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged given a trial, newly freed “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi has forgiveness and gratitude in his heart.
More information here:
https://www.aclu.org/cases/slahi-v-obama-habeas-challenge-guantanamo-detention

The best-selling author at Guantánamo

***On October 17, 2016, Mohamedou was finally sent home after spending 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged.***
Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a Mauritanian national who has been illegally detained by the U.S. for more than eleven years. Mr. Slahi was arrested in Mauritania in November 2001 on suspicion of ties to al-Qaeda. He was then illegally rendered by the U.S. government to Jordan, where he was detained, interrogated and abused for eight months. He was subsequently rendered to U.S. custody in Bagram, Afghanistan and finally to Guantánamo, where he has been held since August 2002.
Mohamedou’s newly released memoir, "Guantánamo Diary," has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for two weeks. The first book written by a still imprisoned detainee, it details the savage beatings...

15 years without charge: Mohamedou Slahi on the hell of Guantanamo Bay

2017-04-8 16:00:00
The incredible and terrifying story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, arrested in 2001 in his home country Mauritania and from there taken to the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. A nightmare of denied rights and arbitrary detention recounted in his book Guantanamo Diary (published in 2015, edited by Larry Siems), the first inside account of life in the prison. Now finally you can listen to live testimony from Mohamedou, who was released in October 2016 after 15 years of detention. Fifteen years without charge, in the name of security and of the fight against terrorism.
Con: Barbara Serra (Al Jazeera English), Larry Siems (writer and human rights activist), Mohamedou Ould Slahi (ex detainee Guantanamo (via Skype)), Mohamedou Ould Slahi

published: 09 Apr 2017

Mohamedou Ould Slahi Event 20th April 2016

This event took place on 20th April 2016 and was brilliantly organised by SuzieGilbert at the offices of Thoughtworks in Wardour St, Soho. It occured the day after MPs and Peers were briefed on the current situation of Guantanamo detainee - Mohamedou Ould Slahi. On the panel, his brother Yahdih Ould Slahi, Nancy Hollander, Mohamedou's lawyer, and Jo Glanville of English PEN. When you have viewed this video, please do sign his brothers' petition via this link https://www.change.org/p/secretary-of-defense-ash-carter-release-my-brother-from-guantanamo

published: 22 Apr 2016

Mohamedou Ould Slahi Guantanamo Diary Audiobook Part 1

published: 29 Sep 2016

Gitmo detainee’s diary goes up for sale

The personal diary of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi has finally been released to the public, providing a firsthand perspective of life inside the world’s most infamous prison. Held without charge since 2002 and cleared for release in 2010, Slahi remains incarcerated in the facility that human rights activists and the inmate himself allege is filled with abuse, torture and other atrocities. RT’s Manuel Rapalo takes a look at some of the claims inside the just released book.
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http://www.democracynow.org - On Sept. 11, 2001, MarineLt. Col.Stuart Couch's friend died co-piloting the second plane to hit the World Trade Center. Soon after, Couch became one of the first military prosecutors assigned to the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay to prosecute men alleged to have carried out the terrorist plot. He ultimately would refuse to prosecute one detainee: Mohamedou Ould Slahi. "It became clear that what had been done to Slahi amounted to torture," Couch says. "Specifically, he had been subjected to a mock execution. He had sensory deprivation. He had environmental manipulation, that is, cell's too cold or the cell is too hot ... He was presented with a ruse that the United States had taken custody of his mother and his brother and that they were being brought t...

published: 22 Feb 2013

Guantánamo Diary Trailer - exclusive video clip read by Dominic West

Watch a short clip from our upcoming documentary about GuantánamoDiary, a book written by Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who has been a prisoner at the US detention facility for 14 years.
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published: 16 Jan 2015

Gitmo detainees wait indefinitely for release

Over 30 Gitmo detainees have been cleared for release and are waiting for countries to accept them. Many others, however, are being indefinitely held at the facility without charges. Mohamedou Ould Slahi is one of those detainees being held indefinitely. Slahi pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda when the group was battling the former Soviet Union, long before Osama bin Laden declared war on the United States. There has never been any evidence linking Slahi to terrorism, but despite this he has been held at the Guantanamo Bay for 14 years. RT America’s SimoneDel Rosario speaks to Nancy Hollander, attorney for Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who says her client was tortured and hopes that he will eventually be cleared and allowed to rejoin his family in Africa.
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published: 11 Jun 2016

Former Guantanamo guard reveals colleagues murdered 3 inmates

A former guard at the US-run Guantanamo prison has revealed that his colleagues killed three inmates there.
Joe Hickman, a Marine Corps veteran, said he was asked to cover up a triple murder at the notorious prison. He said brutal assaults on prisoners in the Guantanamo BayPrison in Cuba are very common. Meanwhile, a current inmate at the facility has written a diary, exposing the brutality of the US rendition program and torture in the prison. Mohamedou Ould Salahi’s memoir recounts how he endured savage beatings, death threats and sexual humiliation. The full diary is being published in the form of a book in many countries now. The Guantanamo prison currently holds 127 inmates, many of them held without charge or trial. President Barack Obama promised to close the notorious prison bef...

published: 17 Jan 2015

Guantanamo Diary: Detainee Becomes Best-Selling Author

"I cannot believe that the majority of Americans want to finance the detention of innocent people," says Hina Shamsi, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union. She speaks on behalf of her client, Mohamedou Slahi, a current detainee at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay and the New York Times best-selling author of the recently released, Guantanamo Diary.
Guantanamo Diary is the first account written and published by a still-imprisoned Guantanamo inmate. Slahi finished writing the book in 2005, but it took six years and a team of lawyers to obtain approval for publication. To secure the U.S. government's permission to publish the book, more than 2,500 redactions were added to the manuscript, which remain blacked out throughout the book's text.
The 400-page book details Sla...

http://democracynow.org - After a seven-year legal battle, the diary of a prisoner held at Guantánamo Bay has just been published and has become a surprise best-seller. Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s diary details his experience with rendition, torture and being imprisoned without charge. Slahi has been held at the prison for more than 12 years. He was ordered released in 2010 but is still being held. "The cell -- better, the box -- was cooled down so that I was shaking most of the time," he writes. "I was forbidden from seeing the light of the day. Every once in a while they gave me a rec time in the night to keep me from seeing or interacting with any detainees. I was living literally in terror. I don't remember having slept one night quietly; for the next 70 days to come I wouldn't know the swe...

Here’s the first video of “GuantánamoDiary” author Mohamedou Slahi, released from Gitmo this month after 14 years without charge or trial.
Recently released “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi gives a heartfelt thanks to his supporters in this moving new video, filmed where he belongs: at home with his family.
After 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged given a trial, newly freed “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi has forgiveness and gratitude in his heart.
More information here:
https://www.aclu.org/cases/slahi-v-obama-habeas-challenge-guantanamo-detention

Here’s the first video of “GuantánamoDiary” author Mohamedou Slahi, released from Gitmo this month after 14 years without charge or trial.
Recently released “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi gives a heartfelt thanks to his supporters in this moving new video, filmed where he belongs: at home with his family.
After 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged given a trial, newly freed “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi has forgiveness and gratitude in his heart.
More information here:
https://www.aclu.org/cases/slahi-v-obama-habeas-challenge-guantanamo-detention

***On October 17, 2016, Mohamedou was finally sent home after spending 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged.***
Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a Mauritanian national who has been illegally detained by the U.S. for more than eleven years. Mr. Slahi was arrested in Mauritania in November 2001 on suspicion of ties to al-Qaeda. He was then illegally rendered by the U.S. government to Jordan, where he was detained, interrogated and abused for eight months. He was subsequently rendered to U.S. custody in Bagram, Afghanistan and finally to Guantánamo, where he has been held since August 2002.
Mohamedou’s newly released memoir, "Guantánamo Diary," has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for two weeks. The first book written by a still imprisoned detainee, it details the savage beatings, sleep deprivation, death threats, and sexual humiliation he endured.
Link to original Guardian readings:
https://soundcloud.com/guardian-visuals
Link to Guardian animated video:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/jan/16/guantanamo-diary-trailer-video
Links to articles and interviews in the video:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/books/review/guantanamo-diary-by-mohamedou-ould-slahi.html
https://soundcloud.com/bbc-world-service/the-diary-of-a-guantanamo-inmate-published?ocid=socialflow_twitter
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/01/20/378525648/heavily-redacted-detainees-guantanamo-diary-goes-on-sale
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/1/22/inside_the_us_torture_chambers_prisoners
http://kdvr.com/2015/01/29/gitmo-prisoners-book-hits-new-york-times-bestseller-list-but-he-may-never-know/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/guantanamo-detainees-diary-describes-interrogation-made-break/
http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/archive/segment/54c00ceefe34445e790001d5
Music by Leon Michener, "This Time for Love"

***On October 17, 2016, Mohamedou was finally sent home after spending 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged.***
Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a Mauritanian national who has been illegally detained by the U.S. for more than eleven years. Mr. Slahi was arrested in Mauritania in November 2001 on suspicion of ties to al-Qaeda. He was then illegally rendered by the U.S. government to Jordan, where he was detained, interrogated and abused for eight months. He was subsequently rendered to U.S. custody in Bagram, Afghanistan and finally to Guantánamo, where he has been held since August 2002.
Mohamedou’s newly released memoir, "Guantánamo Diary," has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for two weeks. The first book written by a still imprisoned detainee, it details the savage beatings, sleep deprivation, death threats, and sexual humiliation he endured.
Link to original Guardian readings:
https://soundcloud.com/guardian-visuals
Link to Guardian animated video:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/jan/16/guantanamo-diary-trailer-video
Links to articles and interviews in the video:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/books/review/guantanamo-diary-by-mohamedou-ould-slahi.html
https://soundcloud.com/bbc-world-service/the-diary-of-a-guantanamo-inmate-published?ocid=socialflow_twitter
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/01/20/378525648/heavily-redacted-detainees-guantanamo-diary-goes-on-sale
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/1/22/inside_the_us_torture_chambers_prisoners
http://kdvr.com/2015/01/29/gitmo-prisoners-book-hits-new-york-times-bestseller-list-but-he-may-never-know/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/guantanamo-detainees-diary-describes-interrogation-made-break/
http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/archive/segment/54c00ceefe34445e790001d5
Music by Leon Michener, "This Time for Love"

2017-04-8 16:00:00
The incredible and terrifying story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, arrested in 2001 in his home country Mauritania and from there taken to the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. A nightmare of denied rights and arbitrary detention recounted in his book Guantanamo Diary (published in 2015, edited by Larry Siems), the first inside account of life in the prison. Now finally you can listen to live testimony from Mohamedou, who was released in October 2016 after 15 years of detention. Fifteen years without charge, in the name of security and of the fight against terrorism.
Con: Barbara Serra (Al Jazeera English), Larry Siems (writer and human rights activist), Mohamedou Ould Slahi (ex detainee Guantanamo (via Skype)), Mohamedou Ould Slahi

2017-04-8 16:00:00
The incredible and terrifying story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, arrested in 2001 in his home country Mauritania and from there taken to the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. A nightmare of denied rights and arbitrary detention recounted in his book Guantanamo Diary (published in 2015, edited by Larry Siems), the first inside account of life in the prison. Now finally you can listen to live testimony from Mohamedou, who was released in October 2016 after 15 years of detention. Fifteen years without charge, in the name of security and of the fight against terrorism.
Con: Barbara Serra (Al Jazeera English), Larry Siems (writer and human rights activist), Mohamedou Ould Slahi (ex detainee Guantanamo (via Skype)), Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Mohamedou Ould Slahi Event 20th April 2016

This event took place on 20th April 2016 and was brilliantly organised by SuzieGilbert at the offices of Thoughtworks in Wardour St, Soho. It occured the day a...

This event took place on 20th April 2016 and was brilliantly organised by SuzieGilbert at the offices of Thoughtworks in Wardour St, Soho. It occured the day after MPs and Peers were briefed on the current situation of Guantanamo detainee - Mohamedou Ould Slahi. On the panel, his brother Yahdih Ould Slahi, Nancy Hollander, Mohamedou's lawyer, and Jo Glanville of English PEN. When you have viewed this video, please do sign his brothers' petition via this link https://www.change.org/p/secretary-of-defense-ash-carter-release-my-brother-from-guantanamo

This event took place on 20th April 2016 and was brilliantly organised by SuzieGilbert at the offices of Thoughtworks in Wardour St, Soho. It occured the day after MPs and Peers were briefed on the current situation of Guantanamo detainee - Mohamedou Ould Slahi. On the panel, his brother Yahdih Ould Slahi, Nancy Hollander, Mohamedou's lawyer, and Jo Glanville of English PEN. When you have viewed this video, please do sign his brothers' petition via this link https://www.change.org/p/secretary-of-defense-ash-carter-release-my-brother-from-guantanamo

The personal diary of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi has finally been released to the public, providing a firsthand perspective of life inside the world’s most infamous prison. Held without charge since 2002 and cleared for release in 2010, Slahi remains incarcerated in the facility that human rights activists and the inmate himself allege is filled with abuse, torture and other atrocities. RT’s Manuel Rapalo takes a look at some of the claims inside the just released book.
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The personal diary of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi has finally been released to the public, providing a firsthand perspective of life inside the world’s most infamous prison. Held without charge since 2002 and cleared for release in 2010, Slahi remains incarcerated in the facility that human rights activists and the inmate himself allege is filled with abuse, torture and other atrocities. RT’s Manuel Rapalo takes a look at some of the claims inside the just released book.
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http://www.democracynow.org - On Sept. 11, 2001, MarineLt. Col.Stuart Couch's friend died co-piloting the second plane to hit the World Trade Center. Soon after, Couch became one of the first military prosecutors assigned to the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay to prosecute men alleged to have carried out the terrorist plot. He ultimately would refuse to prosecute one detainee: Mohamedou Ould Slahi. "It became clear that what had been done to Slahi amounted to torture," Couch says. "Specifically, he had been subjected to a mock execution. He had sensory deprivation. He had environmental manipulation, that is, cell's too cold or the cell is too hot ... He was presented with a ruse that the United States had taken custody of his mother and his brother and that they were being brought to Guantánamo." Couch says he concluded Slahi's treatment amounted to illegal torture. "I came to the conclusion we had knowingly set him up for mental suffering in order for him to provide information," Couch said. "We might very well have a significant problem with the body of evidence that we were able to present as to his guilt."
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http://www.democracynow.org - On Sept. 11, 2001, MarineLt. Col.Stuart Couch's friend died co-piloting the second plane to hit the World Trade Center. Soon after, Couch became one of the first military prosecutors assigned to the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay to prosecute men alleged to have carried out the terrorist plot. He ultimately would refuse to prosecute one detainee: Mohamedou Ould Slahi. "It became clear that what had been done to Slahi amounted to torture," Couch says. "Specifically, he had been subjected to a mock execution. He had sensory deprivation. He had environmental manipulation, that is, cell's too cold or the cell is too hot ... He was presented with a ruse that the United States had taken custody of his mother and his brother and that they were being brought to Guantánamo." Couch says he concluded Slahi's treatment amounted to illegal torture. "I came to the conclusion we had knowingly set him up for mental suffering in order for him to provide information," Couch said. "We might very well have a significant problem with the body of evidence that we were able to present as to his guilt."
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Gitmo detainees wait indefinitely for release

Over 30 Gitmo detainees have been cleared for release and are waiting for countries to accept them. Many others, however, are being indefinitely held at the fac...

Over 30 Gitmo detainees have been cleared for release and are waiting for countries to accept them. Many others, however, are being indefinitely held at the facility without charges. Mohamedou Ould Slahi is one of those detainees being held indefinitely. Slahi pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda when the group was battling the former Soviet Union, long before Osama bin Laden declared war on the United States. There has never been any evidence linking Slahi to terrorism, but despite this he has been held at the Guantanamo Bay for 14 years. RT America’s SimoneDel Rosario speaks to Nancy Hollander, attorney for Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who says her client was tortured and hopes that he will eventually be cleared and allowed to rejoin his family in Africa.
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Over 30 Gitmo detainees have been cleared for release and are waiting for countries to accept them. Many others, however, are being indefinitely held at the facility without charges. Mohamedou Ould Slahi is one of those detainees being held indefinitely. Slahi pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda when the group was battling the former Soviet Union, long before Osama bin Laden declared war on the United States. There has never been any evidence linking Slahi to terrorism, but despite this he has been held at the Guantanamo Bay for 14 years. RT America’s SimoneDel Rosario speaks to Nancy Hollander, attorney for Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who says her client was tortured and hopes that he will eventually be cleared and allowed to rejoin his family in Africa.
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Former Guantanamo guard reveals colleagues murdered 3 inmates

A former guard at the US-run Guantanamo prison has revealed that his colleagues killed three inmates there.
Joe Hickman, a Marine Corps veteran, said he was a...

A former guard at the US-run Guantanamo prison has revealed that his colleagues killed three inmates there.
Joe Hickman, a Marine Corps veteran, said he was asked to cover up a triple murder at the notorious prison. He said brutal assaults on prisoners in the Guantanamo BayPrison in Cuba are very common. Meanwhile, a current inmate at the facility has written a diary, exposing the brutality of the US rendition program and torture in the prison. Mohamedou Ould Salahi’s memoir recounts how he endured savage beatings, death threats and sexual humiliation. The full diary is being published in the form of a book in many countries now. The Guantanamo prison currently holds 127 inmates, many of them held without charge or trial. President Barack Obama promised to close the notorious prison before his election in 2008, but has failed to do so.
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A former guard at the US-run Guantanamo prison has revealed that his colleagues killed three inmates there.
Joe Hickman, a Marine Corps veteran, said he was asked to cover up a triple murder at the notorious prison. He said brutal assaults on prisoners in the Guantanamo BayPrison in Cuba are very common. Meanwhile, a current inmate at the facility has written a diary, exposing the brutality of the US rendition program and torture in the prison. Mohamedou Ould Salahi’s memoir recounts how he endured savage beatings, death threats and sexual humiliation. The full diary is being published in the form of a book in many countries now. The Guantanamo prison currently holds 127 inmates, many of them held without charge or trial. President Barack Obama promised to close the notorious prison before his election in 2008, but has failed to do so.
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"I cannot believe that the majority of Americans want to finance the detention of innocent people," says Hina Shamsi, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union. She speaks on behalf of her client, Mohamedou Slahi, a current detainee at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay and the New York Times best-selling author of the recently released, Guantanamo Diary.
Guantanamo Diary is the first account written and published by a still-imprisoned Guantanamo inmate. Slahi finished writing the book in 2005, but it took six years and a team of lawyers to obtain approval for publication. To secure the U.S. government's permission to publish the book, more than 2,500 redactions were added to the manuscript, which remain blacked out throughout the book's text.
The 400-page book details Slahi's harrowing experience since being captured by the U.S. government in 2002 on suspicion of aiding Al Qaeda. His story includes extraordinary rendition, physical and mental abuse, and the nightmarish legal limbo he remains in—Slahi is still incarcerated even though a federal judge ordered his release in 2010. The book debuted at no. 14 on the New York Times bestseller list.
Shamsi sat down with Reason TV's Anthony L. Fisher to discuss the book, her client, and the moral and legal pitfalls of "enhanced interrogation techniques" and indefinite detention.
About 11 minutes.
Produced by Amanda Winkler and Anthony L. Fisher. Camera by Jim Epstein and Dan Rogenstein.
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"I cannot believe that the majority of Americans want to finance the detention of innocent people," says Hina Shamsi, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union. She speaks on behalf of her client, Mohamedou Slahi, a current detainee at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay and the New York Times best-selling author of the recently released, Guantanamo Diary.
Guantanamo Diary is the first account written and published by a still-imprisoned Guantanamo inmate. Slahi finished writing the book in 2005, but it took six years and a team of lawyers to obtain approval for publication. To secure the U.S. government's permission to publish the book, more than 2,500 redactions were added to the manuscript, which remain blacked out throughout the book's text.
The 400-page book details Slahi's harrowing experience since being captured by the U.S. government in 2002 on suspicion of aiding Al Qaeda. His story includes extraordinary rendition, physical and mental abuse, and the nightmarish legal limbo he remains in—Slahi is still incarcerated even though a federal judge ordered his release in 2010. The book debuted at no. 14 on the New York Times bestseller list.
Shamsi sat down with Reason TV's Anthony L. Fisher to discuss the book, her client, and the moral and legal pitfalls of "enhanced interrogation techniques" and indefinite detention.
About 11 minutes.
Produced by Amanda Winkler and Anthony L. Fisher. Camera by Jim Epstein and Dan Rogenstein.
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Key note speech by Nancy Hollander at the Norwegian conference "PublicCalling", hosted by KORO - Public ArtNorway and the Fritt Ord Foundation, at the National Theatre, Oslo, 1 & 2November 2016.
About the conference:
Public Calling examines the increasingly unsettled and contentious status of public space and freedom of speech in a world defined by the responses to 9/11 and July 22, 2011 in Norway, and the growing list of comparable events elsewhere in the world.
The National Theatre was inaugurated in 1899 with Henrik Ibsen’s, An Enemy of the People, in which a truth-telling whistleblower is increasingly isolated and disempowered by the establishment and his community. Taking this cue, all participants in the conference come together on the main stage–surrounded by vacant seats where silent onlookers would otherwise be–to perform the sharpened antagonisms that dominate contemporary stages for space and speech.
More: http://www.frittord.no/arrangementer/public-calling-a-conference-on-public-space-and-free-speech/
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Nancy Hollander (US) is a criminal defense lawyer and her practice is largely devoted to representing individuals and organizations accused of crimes, including those involving national security issues. Hollander also served as a consultant to the defense in a high profile terrorism case in Ireland and has assisted counsel in other international cases. She currently represents two prisoners at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and is lead appellate counsel for Chelsea Manning in the military appellate courts. Hollander has written extensively on criminal law topics, as well as teaching in numerous trial practice programs, including the NationalCriminalDefenseCollege and Gerry Spence’s Trial College.

Key note speech by Nancy Hollander at the Norwegian conference "PublicCalling", hosted by KORO - Public ArtNorway and the Fritt Ord Foundation, at the National Theatre, Oslo, 1 & 2November 2016.
About the conference:
Public Calling examines the increasingly unsettled and contentious status of public space and freedom of speech in a world defined by the responses to 9/11 and July 22, 2011 in Norway, and the growing list of comparable events elsewhere in the world.
The National Theatre was inaugurated in 1899 with Henrik Ibsen’s, An Enemy of the People, in which a truth-telling whistleblower is increasingly isolated and disempowered by the establishment and his community. Taking this cue, all participants in the conference come together on the main stage–surrounded by vacant seats where silent onlookers would otherwise be–to perform the sharpened antagonisms that dominate contemporary stages for space and speech.
More: http://www.frittord.no/arrangementer/public-calling-a-conference-on-public-space-and-free-speech/
About the speaker:
Nancy Hollander (US) is a criminal defense lawyer and her practice is largely devoted to representing individuals and organizations accused of crimes, including those involving national security issues. Hollander also served as a consultant to the defense in a high profile terrorism case in Ireland and has assisted counsel in other international cases. She currently represents two prisoners at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and is lead appellate counsel for Chelsea Manning in the military appellate courts. Hollander has written extensively on criminal law topics, as well as teaching in numerous trial practice programs, including the NationalCriminalDefenseCollege and Gerry Spence’s Trial College.

http://democracynow.org - After a seven-year legal battle, the diary of a prisoner held at Guantánamo Bay has just been published and has become a surprise best...

http://democracynow.org - After a seven-year legal battle, the diary of a prisoner held at Guantánamo Bay has just been published and has become a surprise best-seller. Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s diary details his experience with rendition, torture and being imprisoned without charge. Slahi has been held at the prison for more than 12 years. He was ordered released in 2010 but is still being held. "The cell -- better, the box -- was cooled down so that I was shaking most of the time," he writes. "I was forbidden from seeing the light of the day. Every once in a while they gave me a rec time in the night to keep me from seeing or interacting with any detainees. I was living literally in terror. I don't remember having slept one night quietly; for the next 70 days to come I wouldn't know the sweetness of sleeping. Interrogation for 24 hours, three and sometimes four shifts a day. I rarely got a day off." We air a clip of a Guardian video about Slahi's case, which features actors Colin Firth and Dominic West reading from his diary. We speak with three guests: Slahi’s lawyer, Nancy Hollander; book editor, Larry Siems; and Col. Morris Davis, the former chief military prosecutor at Guantánamo Bay, who says Slahi is "no more a terrorist than Forrest Gump."
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http://democracynow.org - After a seven-year legal battle, the diary of a prisoner held at Guantánamo Bay has just been published and has become a surprise best-seller. Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s diary details his experience with rendition, torture and being imprisoned without charge. Slahi has been held at the prison for more than 12 years. He was ordered released in 2010 but is still being held. "The cell -- better, the box -- was cooled down so that I was shaking most of the time," he writes. "I was forbidden from seeing the light of the day. Every once in a while they gave me a rec time in the night to keep me from seeing or interacting with any detainees. I was living literally in terror. I don't remember having slept one night quietly; for the next 70 days to come I wouldn't know the sweetness of sleeping. Interrogation for 24 hours, three and sometimes four shifts a day. I rarely got a day off." We air a clip of a Guardian video about Slahi's case, which features actors Colin Firth and Dominic West reading from his diary. We speak with three guests: Slahi’s lawyer, Nancy Hollander; book editor, Larry Siems; and Col. Morris Davis, the former chief military prosecutor at Guantánamo Bay, who says Slahi is "no more a terrorist than Forrest Gump."
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First Video of Author Mohamedou Slahi After Release from Gitmo

Here’s the first video of “GuantánamoDiary” author Mohamedou Slahi, released from Gitmo this month after 14 years without charge or trial.
Recently released “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi gives a heartfelt thanks to his supporters in this moving new video, filmed where he belongs: at home with his family.
After 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged given a trial, newly freed “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi has forgiveness and gratitude in his heart.
More information here:
https://www.aclu.org/cases/slahi-v-obama-habeas-challenge-guantanamo-detention

15 years without charge: Mohamedou Slahi on the hell of Guantanamo Bay

2017-04-8 16:00:00
The incredible and terrifying story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, arrested in 2001 in his home country Mauritania and from there taken to the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. A nightmare of denied rights and arbitrary detention recounted in his book Guantanamo Diary (published in 2015, edited by Larry Siems), the first inside account of life in the prison. Now finally you can listen to live testimony from Mohamedou, who was released in October 2016 after 15 years of detention. Fifteen years without charge, in the name of security and of the fight against terrorism.
Con: Barbara Serra (Al Jazeera English), Larry Siems (writer and human rights activist), Mohamedou Ould Slahi (ex detainee Guantanamo (via Skype)), Mohamedou Ould Slahi

2:13

The best-selling author at Guantánamo

***On October 17, 2016, Mohamedou was finally sent home after spending 14 years at Gitmo w...

The best-selling author at Guantánamo

***On October 17, 2016, Mohamedou was finally sent home after spending 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged.***
Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a Mauritanian national who has been illegally detained by the U.S. for more than eleven years. Mr. Slahi was arrested in Mauritania in November 2001 on suspicion of ties to al-Qaeda. He was then illegally rendered by the U.S. government to Jordan, where he was detained, interrogated and abused for eight months. He was subsequently rendered to U.S. custody in Bagram, Afghanistan and finally to Guantánamo, where he has been held since August 2002.
Mohamedou’s newly released memoir, "Guantánamo Diary," has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for two weeks. The first book written by a still imprisoned detainee, it details the savage beatings, sleep deprivation, death threats, and sexual humiliation he endured.
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Links to articles and interviews in the video:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/books/review/guantanamo-diary-by-mohamedou-ould-slahi.html
https://soundcloud.com/bbc-world-service/the-diary-of-a-guantanamo-inmate-published?ocid=socialflow_twitter
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/01/20/378525648/heavily-redacted-detainees-guantanamo-diary-goes-on-sale
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/1/22/inside_the_us_torture_chambers_prisoners
http://kdvr.com/2015/01/29/gitmo-prisoners-book-hits-new-york-times-bestseller-list-but-he-may-never-know/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/guantanamo-detainees-diary-describes-interrogation-made-break/
http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/archive/segment/54c00ceefe34445e790001d5
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Guantanamo Diary with the words of Mohamedou Ould Slahi -
Based on that history, the government concluded that Mr. Slahi was a “senior recruiter” for Al Qaeda and for a time, listed him as the most dangerous terrorist at Guantánamo. But it has never formally charged him. Mr. Slahi says he left Al Qaeda in 1992, long before it began to target America. His encounter with Mr. Bin al-Shibh lasted one evening and involved no discussion of anti-American plotting, he claims. And Mr. Ressam had left Montreal before Mr. Slahi arrived, and by his account, they never met. - NY Times

http://www.democracynow.org - On Sept. 11, 2001, MarineLt. Col.Stuart Couch's friend died co-piloting the second plane to hit the World Trade Center. Soon after, Couch became one of the first military prosecutors assigned to the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay to prosecute men alleged to have carried out the terrorist plot. He ultimately would refuse to prosecute one detainee: Mohamedou Ould Slahi. "It became clear that what had been done to Slahi amounted to torture," Couch says. "Specifically, he had been subjected to a mock execution. He had sensory deprivation. He had environmental manipulation, that is, cell's too cold or the cell is too hot ... He was presented with a ruse that the United States had taken custody of his mother and his brother and that they were being brought to Guantánamo." Couch says he concluded Slahi's treatment amounted to illegal torture. "I came to the conclusion we had knowingly set him up for mental suffering in order for him to provide information," Couch said. "We might very well have a significant problem with the body of evidence that we were able to present as to his guilt."
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Tortured Guantánamo Detainee Makes A Case For Release

On Thursday, one of the most severely tortured men in the history of Guantánamo Bay presented his case for freedom.
Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been held at Guantánamo without charge since August 2002. During that time, he's endured beatings, death threats, sexual humiliation and rape threats against his mother by US personnel at the wartime prison.
Yet Slahi contends that he seeks only to reunite with his children, start a small business and write books in his post-Guantánamo life. He says he would even welcome his old guards over for a cup of tea.
Slahi appeared clean shaven and bald in a white jumpsuit for the 17-minute public hearing that served as the Guantánamo equivalent of a parole board. The simple fact that the military is holding a PRB for Slahi has raised expectations that he will go free.
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Slahi traveled to Afghanistan in December 1990 "to support the mujahideen." At that time, the mujahideen in Afghanistan were attempting to topple the communist government of Mohammad Najibullah. The United States also opposed Najibullah and supported the mujahideen against him. Slahi trained in an al Qaeda camp and swore bayat to al Qaeda in March 1991. He returned to Germany soon after but then traveled back to Afghanistan for three months in early 1992. Slahi states that he "severed all ties with ... al-Qaeda" after he left Afghanistan at that time. The U.S. government maintains that Slahi "recruited for al-Qaeda and provided it with other support" since then.

" - The Israeli army’s wanton slaughter of unarmed Palestinians trapped behind the security barriers in Gaza evokes little outrage and condemnation within the United States because we have been indoctrinated into dehumanizing Muslims. Islam is condemned as barbaric and equated with terrorism ... We must eradicate them to save ourselves ... Their citizenships are revoked ... Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou in his book “A Theory of ISIS ... =====....

The Israeli army’s wanton slaughter of unarmed Palestinians trapped behind the security barriers in Gaza evokes little outrage and condemnation within the United States because we have been indoctrinated into dehumanizing Muslims. Islam is condemned as barbaric and equated with terrorism ... We attack them not for what they do but because we see them as being different from us ... Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou in his book “A Theory of ISIS....

This article first appeared on Verdict... Keep up with this story and more by subscribing now ... Trump said in his State of the Union that the US has released some detainees who went on to commit additional acts of terrorism, which is true, but he made no mention of the people wrongly detained and subject to brutal mistreatment—men like Mohamedou Ould Slah, author of the searing GuantánamoDiary ... Although U.S ...John Moore/Getty ... In Rasul v ... ....

First Video of Author Mohamedou Slahi After Release from Gitmo

Here’s the first video of “GuantánamoDiary” author Mohamedou Slahi, released from Gitmo this month after 14 years without charge or trial.
Recently released “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi gives a heartfelt thanks to his supporters in this moving new video, filmed where he belongs: at home with his family.
After 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged given a trial, newly freed “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Slahi has forgiveness and gratitude in his heart.
More information here:
https://www.aclu.org/cases/slahi-v-obama-habeas-challenge-guantanamo-detention

The best-selling author at Guantánamo

***On October 17, 2016, Mohamedou was finally sent home after spending 14 years at Gitmo without ever being charged.***
Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a Mauritanian national who has been illegally detained by the U.S. for more than eleven years. Mr. Slahi was arrested in Mauritania in November 2001 on suspicion of ties to al-Qaeda. He was then illegally rendered by the U.S. government to Jordan, where he was detained, interrogated and abused for eight months. He was subsequently rendered to U.S. custody in Bagram, Afghanistan and finally to Guantánamo, where he has been held since August 2002.
Mohamedou’s newly released memoir, "Guantánamo Diary," has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for two weeks. The first book written by a still imprisoned detainee, it details the savage beatings, sleep deprivation, death threats, and sexual humiliation he endured.
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Links to articles and interviews in the video:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/books/review/guantanamo-diary-by-mohamedou-ould-slahi.html
https://soundcloud.com/bbc-world-service/the-diary-of-a-guantanamo-inmate-published?ocid=socialflow_twitter
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/01/20/378525648/heavily-redacted-detainees-guantanamo-diary-goes-on-sale
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/1/22/inside_the_us_torture_chambers_prisoners
http://kdvr.com/2015/01/29/gitmo-prisoners-book-hits-new-york-times-bestseller-list-but-he-may-never-know/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/guantanamo-detainees-diary-describes-interrogation-made-break/
http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/archive/segment/54c00ceefe34445e790001d5
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15 years without charge: Mohamedou Slahi on the hell of Guantanamo Bay

2017-04-8 16:00:00
The incredible and terrifying story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, arrested in 2001 in his home country Mauritania and from there taken to the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. A nightmare of denied rights and arbitrary detention recounted in his book Guantanamo Diary (published in 2015, edited by Larry Siems), the first inside account of life in the prison. Now finally you can listen to live testimony from Mohamedou, who was released in October 2016 after 15 years of detention. Fifteen years without charge, in the name of security and of the fight against terrorism.
Con: Barbara Serra (Al Jazeera English), Larry Siems (writer and human rights activist), Mohamedou Ould Slahi (ex detainee Guantanamo (via Skype)), Mohamedou Ould Slahi

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Mohamedou Ould Slahi Event 20th April 2016

This event took place on 20th April 2016 and was brilliantly organised by Suzie Gilbert at...

Mohamedou Ould Slahi Event 20th April 2016

This event took place on 20th April 2016 and was brilliantly organised by SuzieGilbert at the offices of Thoughtworks in Wardour St, Soho. It occured the day after MPs and Peers were briefed on the current situation of Guantanamo detainee - Mohamedou Ould Slahi. On the panel, his brother Yahdih Ould Slahi, Nancy Hollander, Mohamedou's lawyer, and Jo Glanville of English PEN. When you have viewed this video, please do sign his brothers' petition via this link https://www.change.org/p/secretary-of-defense-ash-carter-release-my-brother-from-guantanamo

Gitmo detainee’s diary goes up for sale

The personal diary of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi has finally been released to the public, providing a firsthand perspective of life inside the world’s most infamous prison. Held without charge since 2002 and cleared for release in 2010, Slahi remains incarcerated in the facility that human rights activists and the inmate himself allege is filled with abuse, torture and other atrocities. RT’s Manuel Rapalo takes a look at some of the claims inside the just released book.
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http://www.democracynow.org - On Sept. 11, 2001, MarineLt. Col.Stuart Couch's friend died co-piloting the second plane to hit the World Trade Center. Soon after, Couch became one of the first military prosecutors assigned to the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay to prosecute men alleged to have carried out the terrorist plot. He ultimately would refuse to prosecute one detainee: Mohamedou Ould Slahi. "It became clear that what had been done to Slahi amounted to torture," Couch says. "Specifically, he had been subjected to a mock execution. He had sensory deprivation. He had environmental manipulation, that is, cell's too cold or the cell is too hot ... He was presented with a ruse that the United States had taken custody of his mother and his brother and that they were being brought to Guantánamo." Couch says he concluded Slahi's treatment amounted to illegal torture. "I came to the conclusion we had knowingly set him up for mental suffering in order for him to provide information," Couch said. "We might very well have a significant problem with the body of evidence that we were able to present as to his guilt."
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Guantánamo Diary Trailer - exclusive video clip read by Dominic West

Watch a short clip from our upcoming documentary about Guantánamo Diary, a book written by...

Gitmo detainees wait indefinitely for release

Over 30 Gitmo detainees have been cleared for release and are waiting for countries to accept them. Many others, however, are being indefinitely held at the facility without charges. Mohamedou Ould Slahi is one of those detainees being held indefinitely. Slahi pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda when the group was battling the former Soviet Union, long before Osama bin Laden declared war on the United States. There has never been any evidence linking Slahi to terrorism, but despite this he has been held at the Guantanamo Bay for 14 years. RT America’s SimoneDel Rosario speaks to Nancy Hollander, attorney for Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who says her client was tortured and hopes that he will eventually be cleared and allowed to rejoin his family in Africa.
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Former Guantanamo guard reveals colleagues murdered 3 inmates

A former guard at the US-run Guantanamo prison has revealed that his colleagues killed thr...

Former Guantanamo guard reveals colleagues murdered 3 inmates

A former guard at the US-run Guantanamo prison has revealed that his colleagues killed three inmates there.
Joe Hickman, a Marine Corps veteran, said he was asked to cover up a triple murder at the notorious prison. He said brutal assaults on prisoners in the Guantanamo BayPrison in Cuba are very common. Meanwhile, a current inmate at the facility has written a diary, exposing the brutality of the US rendition program and torture in the prison. Mohamedou Ould Salahi’s memoir recounts how he endured savage beatings, death threats and sexual humiliation. The full diary is being published in the form of a book in many countries now. The Guantanamo prison currently holds 127 inmates, many of them held without charge or trial. President Barack Obama promised to close the notorious prison before his election in 2008, but has failed to do so.
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Guantanamo Diary: Detainee Becomes Best-Selling Author

"I cannot believe that the majority of Americans want to finance the detention of innocent...

Guantanamo Diary: Detainee Becomes Best-Selling Author

"I cannot believe that the majority of Americans want to finance the detention of innocent people," says Hina Shamsi, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union. She speaks on behalf of her client, Mohamedou Slahi, a current detainee at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay and the New York Times best-selling author of the recently released, Guantanamo Diary.
Guantanamo Diary is the first account written and published by a still-imprisoned Guantanamo inmate. Slahi finished writing the book in 2005, but it took six years and a team of lawyers to obtain approval for publication. To secure the U.S. government's permission to publish the book, more than 2,500 redactions were added to the manuscript, which remain blacked out throughout the book's text.
The 400-page book details Slahi's harrowing experience since being captured by the U.S. government in 2002 on suspicion of aiding Al Qaeda. His story includes extraordinary rendition, physical and mental abuse, and the nightmarish legal limbo he remains in—Slahi is still incarcerated even though a federal judge ordered his release in 2010. The book debuted at no. 14 on the New York Times bestseller list.
Shamsi sat down with Reason TV's Anthony L. Fisher to discuss the book, her client, and the moral and legal pitfalls of "enhanced interrogation techniques" and indefinite detention.
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" - The Israeli army’s wanton slaughter of unarmed Palestinians trapped behind the security barriers in Gaza evokes little outrage and condemnation within the United States because we have been indoctrinated into dehumanizing Muslims. Islam is condemned as barbaric and equated with terrorism ... We must eradicate them to save ourselves ... Their citizenships are revoked ... Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou in his book “A Theory of ISIS ... =====....

The Israeli army’s wanton slaughter of unarmed Palestinians trapped behind the security barriers in Gaza evokes little outrage and condemnation within the United States because we have been indoctrinated into dehumanizing Muslims. Islam is condemned as barbaric and equated with terrorism ... We attack them not for what they do but because we see them as being different from us ... Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou in his book “A Theory of ISIS....

This article first appeared on Verdict... Keep up with this story and more by subscribing now ... Trump said in his State of the Union that the US has released some detainees who went on to commit additional acts of terrorism, which is true, but he made no mention of the people wrongly detained and subject to brutal mistreatment—men like Mohamedou Ould Slah, author of the searing GuantánamoDiary ... Although U.S ...John Moore/Getty ... In Rasul v ... ....

One of those witnesses was Mohamedou Ould Slahi, whose GuantánamoDiary opens as he is stripped, made to wear a diaper, and shackled aboard Aero’s Gulfstream in Amman, Jordan, in July 2002. Appearing by Skype from his home country of Mauritania, Slahi faced questions from a panel that included a former chief prosecutor of the international war ......

January 11, 2018 marked the 16th year that Guantanamo prison has exclusively imprisoned Muslim men, subjecting many of them to torture and arbitrary detention. About thirty people gathered in Washington D.C., convened by , (WAT), for a weeklong fast intended to close Guantanamo and abolish torture forever ... “He curates it,” said one WAT organizer ... Mohammed Ould Slahi, author of Guantanamo Diary, has finally been released ... ....

This article first appeared on Just Security... Over two days of public hearings, an 11-member panel comprising the N.C ... And it is really here that the Commission’s contribution cannot be overstated, for it was via Skype that former Guantánamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi and KhadijaAnna Pighizzini, the wife of rendition victim Abou Elkassim Britel, could speak directly to a roomful of people ready to listen ... ....

Iraq expert Mohammed Ould Mohamedou, a professor at Geneva’s GraduateInstitute, cautioned that even the victory on the battlefield might not be as definitive as its seems ...The military aspect is far from over, and in this type of conflict, hostilities remain for a long time at a level that requires a substantial commitment," Ould Mohamedou said....

Iraq expert Mohammad Ould Mohamedou, a professor at Geneva’s GraduateInstitute, cautioned that even the victory on the battlefield might not be as definitive as its seems ...The military aspect is far from over, and in this type of conflict, hostilities remain for a long time at a level that requires a substantial commitment,” Ould Mohamedou said....